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BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Bentonville, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

19,575
Students enrolled
24
Public schools
1,347
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.5:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 1,323
  • Grade 1 1,394
  • Grade 2 1,460
  • Grade 3 1,635
  • Grade 4 1,471
  • Grade 5 1,516
  • Grade 6 1,540
  • Grade 7 1,531
  • Grade 8 1,465
  • Grade 9 1,610
  • Grade 10 1,636
  • Grade 11 1,564
  • Grade 12 1,414
  • Ungraded 16

By race/ethnicity

  • White 68%
  • Hispanic/Latino 13%
  • Asian 9%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Black or African American 3%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,661 of 19,575 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 13%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$12,660 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,393
  • Support services $4,738
  • Other (food service, etc.) $529

Where the money comes from

  • Local 59%
  • State 36%
  • Federal 4%

Total revenue $285.8 milliontotal spending $276.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 68% city, 25% rural, 7% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

2,797

District office

500 TIGER BOULEVARD, Bentonville AR 72712

County

Benton County

Official website

NCES District ID

503060

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About BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our Mission Defined To support and enhance the education of students in the Bentonville Public Schools ENRICH educational opportunities and strengthen student achievement INCREASE community involvement to promote quality education SUPPORT teaching innovations and initiatives ENCOURAGE parental participation for students to work at their highest potential RAISE and provide funding for activities and projects which support academic excellence ELEVATE public awareness of the Bentonville Public Schools Foundation
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